Re: OT Re: If the world could vote

[<mike@michaelplishka.com>]

My experiences mirror yours.  To the credit of most ex-US areas they 
distinguish between US people and US government.   I am pondering from a 
phenomenological point of view why we are concerned about other countries' 
opinions while others could care less about ours (and I've seen this first 
hand especially when the Soviet Union fell apart where I heard on more 
than 
one occasion "Your opinion about who we elect means nothing-this is our 
country", and seen it in Spain, Britain, Germany and France)

Perhaps, because in the world's timeframe we're still new kids on the 
block, 
so to speak, so we want other's approval?

it's just a curious US phenomenon...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Gallaher" <micdave@hiwaay.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:48 PM
Subject: RE: OT Re: If the world could vote


>I don't know how much you've traveled abroad, but from my limited
> experience, I can tell you that the last eight years have made many
> people--who previously admired America--fearful and distrustful of 
> America.
> Those in Europe who either remember or have families who suffered through
> the 1930s and 40s are especially sensitive to seeing one person or small
> group of persons get too much concentrated power in a great 
>industrialized
> state.  When I was in Italy in 2005, an older gentleman who spoke English
> asked me over coffee one morning:  "Did your country not learn the 
>lessons
> of World War II?"
>
> dave
>
>
> Sure, but that's my point.  I'm speaking from a
> cultural/anthropological/phenomenological perspective.   We teach our 
>kids
> to do what they think is right and not worry about what others think. We
> live our lives as artists flipping the proverbial bird at many and doing 
> our
>
> thing regardless of reviews.  Yet in national politics we need to be
> loved....Very few countries in the rest of the world show concern to what
> the rest of the world thinks of their candidates.  Just an observation...
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nick" <ParadoxQuine@gmail.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: If the world could vote
>
>
>> well, it'd be nice to not elect someone who will make the rest of the
>> world hate us, wouldn't it?
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:50 PM,  <mike@michaelplishka.com> wrote:
>>> Why is there a fascination in the US about wondering who the rest of 
>the
>>> world would want?
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <phaslem@wightman.ca>
>>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 5:32 PM
>>> Subject: If the world could vote
>>>
>>>
>>>> It doesn't count towards anything, but it is interesting to see what
>>>> folks
>>>> around the world would like to see happen in this election.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can vote too - just click on the red "VOTE" tab on the left side 
>>>> of
>>>> the screen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Paul Haslem
>>>> www.dulcify.ca
>>>> Ontario, Canada
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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